Snakes Found In Home

Snakes found in your home is a common problem in the Tampa and Florida area leaving many homeowners wondering how the snake found its way inside their home. Snakes can climb nearly vertical surfaces and can we found in a number of places inside your home. Snakes find openings around your foundation as well as your roofline. Common places snakes will use to get your home including:

• Snakes getting around door frames.
• Snakes entering the foundation of the home.
• Snakes climbing the gutters.
• Snakes climbing the trees.
• Snakes climbing the mortar lines of the brick.
• Snakes climbing the stucco.
• Snakes going in the roofline.
• Snakes in the soffit.

Of the many venomous and nonvenomous species of snakes in Florida, it is for more common to encounter a non-venomous snake inside a home. Although nonvenomous species of snakes sometimes may appear venomous or mimic venomous snake characteristics. Some nonvenomous species of snakes will rattle their tail as if they were venomous, or display certain patterns and colors giving the appearance they are venomous. Contact a Animal Pros specialist or visit or snake identification page for immediate 24 hour service.

Why Would a Snake Found In My Home?

Snakes will often be found inside a home for a common reason, which usually will be a food source they will be after. A general rule of thumb is the larger the food source, the larger the snake. Snakes will come and feed on a variety of lizards, frogs, mice, rats, chipmunks, bats, birds, and even small animals as large as squirrels.

If a mouse happens to find its way into your home, usually travels from the attic or crawlspace, up or down the wall, and eventually will come out from a baseboard and run across the floor. A snake that enters your home usually will enter from the same place the mouse has entered, following scent 
markings and pheromones given off by the mouse detected with the snakes Jacobson’s Organ. Eventually that snake will find its way into the attic or crawlspace, up or down the wall, and eventually out from a baseboard in the same place the mouse was seen. This happens to be the exact reason why snakes are found inside a home.

How To Get Rid of Snakes Inside The Home

Getting rid of snakes found inside should often start with removal of the snake. With snakes being cold blooded, they will likely be found in places with the highest temperature. These locations will usually be in a attic, around a water heater, or in a crawlspace. A thorough search will need to be conducted to find any live snakes. The good thing about snakes, is unlike other animals, snakes do not chew to make openings, so sealing them out so they stay on the outside is very easy. However identifying the food source the snakes are after, and if there are any openings those animals are utilizing is very important. Professional help by Animal Pros snake removal specialists is recommended for a long lasting solution. Contact a specialist today for removing snakes from your home.